According to FTSE Russell’s third annual global institutional market survey, the percentage of asset owners currently evaluating smart beta has doubled from 15 per cent at the first survey in 2014 to 36 per cent in 2016, and 62 per cent
Worth Venture Partners, an emerging manager hedge fund platform headquartered in Manhattan, has released a new paper titled "Accessing Emerging Hedge Fund Returns – Seeking Return Over Size" as part of a series of commentaries, Worthy Insights. Investors are considering
The asset management industry faces a ‘triple whammy’ of challenges in 2016 – comprising a growing threat from disruptors, a tsunami of regulation and market turmoil – according to a new industry survey from Multifonds. Multifonds’ annual ‘Every Fund survey’,
The impact Dodd-Frank has had on the US Swaps market trading ecosystem is undeniable. The old standards of traditional over the counter (OTC) derivative trading have been thrown to the wind and trading on Swaps Execution Facilities (SEFs) has been
Risk Premia and Smart Beta, investment solutions traditionally defined as strategies that aim to capture risk-adjusted returns and improve portfolio diversification, remain at the forefront of investors’ agendas. That’s according to a recent survey of investors and intermediaries, primarily institutional,
The total automation rate of processed orders of cross-border funds reached 85.4 per cent in the last quarter of 2015, which represents an increase of 2.8 percentage points (p.p.) compared to the fourth quarter of 2014. That’s according to a
As many as 29 out of 562 US municipal bond funds currently carry an exposure to Puerto Rican bonds greater than 5 per cent, some with an estimated exposure approaching 50 per cent. This assessment is based on research conducted
In TABB Group’s latest research, “Blockchain: Overcoming First Mover Disadvantage,” CEO and report author Larry Tabb discusses the various challenges in driving blockchain adoption and sets out a direction forward. Tabb believes that tability to decentralise trust, develop consensus-driven ledgers,
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a new registration form in 2015 for alternative trading systems (ATS), Form ATS-N, which would make details for each platform’s broker-dealer affiliates and operations publicly available. The proposal would impose new transparency requirements
GBST Holdings Limited (GBST) has released the findings of its initial study into blockchain technologies for international capital markets participants. Tracking the ongoing benefits of digital disruption, the “Four scenarios for Blockchain in Capital Markets” discussion paper identifies the importance
